Why do we want "false hustle"? Long---

[Kelvin green]

I have a question regarding philosophy of officiating at NF and NCAA. The question is why do we like "false" hustle? Let me tell you what I mean. Last night I saw it a bunch of times in a D-I game, and I know there are some refs who have conversations about this..

Lead away from the table calls a foul, takes of running all the way to half court line about 10 ft from the scorer's table sideline... Then he turns and runs all the way back to C position ( opposite table at FT line) He had to have run 60 ft pus to report and then run back another 30 ft.

He also did it from C, away from table ran all the way to a few feet from the table and then back..

We are constantly hearing how we need to hustle but it seems like we are so worried about running out to report it that we have no clue what is happening after the shot. There's no way this guy could have. Why is reporting like this GOOD hustle when people are evaluated?

Now I dont think that someone should saunter around and take forever to report but I have also heard from refs to move just so it looks like you are moving. BTW it seemed like this D-I official worked hard ut he sprinted more during reporting than he did most any other time down the floor. He always had good position and the couple of time in fast transition he got there, but he worked harder getting to reporting spots than he did most of the time down the floor.

In this crew on FT's lead ( all members) would go out to the arc on a FT, just so they could take 3-4 steps to close in on a rebound.
You also see this alot that trail takes steps in and is in a different position than they normally would be as trail to call a foul on rebounding, particularly on FT's...

I never advocate standing flat footed or not working when you need to. In fact this year my pet peeve in our association is the magical spot where the VB spike line and VB sideline meet....where a ton of officials go and park to call the game especially in a two person game.. But why all this other any comments?